Fertility in New Zealand, 2026

New Zealand
2026
Total fertility rate: 1.64
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2026 1996, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2026  +1 +5

Country

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

The total fertility rate of New Zealand is projected at 1.64 children per woman in 2026 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 30-34 (107 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 30.8 years old. In total, 57,999 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.64
Births
57,999
Births per 1,000 people
11.0
Mean age of mothers
30.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
2.7%
Net reproduction rate
0.79
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.4
Population
5,287,479
The net reproduction rate counts only daughters who survive to their mothers' age: below 1, each generation of women is smaller than the one before.
Mother's ageBirths per 1,000 womenShare of total fertilityBirths
10-140.10.0%10
15-199.32.8%1,548
20-2445.513.8%7,412
25-2986.126.2%14,289
30-34107.332.7%19,647
35-3964.519.6%12,411
40-4414.64.4%2,513
45-491.10.3%169
50-540.00.0%0